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  • Tattooed Scars

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    Shannon Larratt

    It might come as a shock to people that this text in the top photo is a healed scarification. The reason it looks fresh — and will forever — is that the scar has been “embossed” with lines of tattooing done in red on one side and white on the other, making it look like it’s still early in its healing process. It’s amazingly well done, with the scar being initially created by Azl in Montreal, who has been scarring longer than some of BME’s readers have even been alive!!! Another two amazing examples of his scars combined with tattooing (by Barry Buteau of Planet Ink) follow, some amazing painted angel wings that are given form and life by the underlying scars Azl created.

    You don’t see scars and tattoos combined very often (which I find surprising), and you see it done this well even less often. These are both very special pieces of body art.

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  • Timmy’s Body Jewelry and Donut Emporium

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    Shannon Larratt

    What, you didn’t know that they made body jewelry at Tim Horton’s??? My old friend Azl in Montreal tests out their wares, which while not ideal for fresh piercings, work quite nicely in healed ones… and can save your life if you find yourself trapped in a desert without food.

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  • Hand Poking by Ferank

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    Shannon Larratt

    As I promised, a few more pictures from the work of hand tattooist (ie. hand poked, not machine) Ferank Manseed. That first photo also gives me the opportunity to mention another blog you may want to read, palmproject.tumblr.com (in addition of course to BME’s own massive hand tattoo galleries). As I said earlier, you can reach Ferank most easily at [email protected] to set up an appointment with this UK-based artist.

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    That last piece makes me think a lot of the Dali painting with a similar 3D cross. I should mention that the cross wasn’t done by Ferank — he just pushed it up a level into something much more special by adding the circle of sacred geometry.

  • Over Dark Water

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    Shannon Larratt

    A beautiful image of Lasse Marius suspending with Wings of Desire (I’m sure you already knew that from seeing their iconic rig) over the water. But you must also see the second photo (which is of Tom-Erik Johansen suspending at the same location) to put it into context — what a wonderful guerrilla suspension re-purposing of a diving board (which would be fun for its intended use as well)!

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  • Messing with Facial Recognition

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    Shannon Larratt

    I was looking at this picture of Blake Eaton and considering how much a labret can push around the lips and thereby slightly redefine the mathematical representation of the face. I was wondering at what point body modifications — or facial tattoos — start to mess up facial recognition algorithms? Given how ubiquitous CCTV surveillance is these days, and how many of these cameras are being networked into systems that can do live facial recognition and tracking (thereby allowing the illuminati or skynet or whatever to track you any time you step into public view), such things are worth considering… With a couple of strategic large piercings, could you contort your face enough that by switching jewelry you effectively hide yourself from the robots?

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    …and then of course there’s always this…

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